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Write On: 'A Real Pain' with Writer/Director Jesse Eisenberg

November 15, 2024

“What I wanted to do with this movie was take this interesting relationship that I have been exploring over the course of my writing, over 20 years, and this dynamic, and set it against the backdrop of something so objectively worse than anything the...

Write On: 'Three Women' Creator Lisa Taddeo

November 12, 2024

“One of the things that I really wanted to focus on, and I felt it immediately after meeting Lina the housewife in Indiana [played by Betty Gilpin in the show], whose husband no longer wanted to kiss her on the mouth, I felt like this woman was as im...

Write On: Screenwriting Coach Lee Jessup & Literary Manager Jeff Portnoy

November 8, 2024

“The streaming bubble finally popped, and I think the tip of the spear that popped it was the double strikes we had last year and now we’re calling it the great contraction. It’s a really tough time for up-and-coming writers to break in. It’s tough f...

Write On: 'Here' Screenwriter Eric Roth

November 4, 2024

“I think [ Here] has some of the imagination of Forrest Gump, but it’s not Forrest Gump. It’s a different animal. I mean, it has the same kind of humanity to it, which is what I’m pretty good at,” says Eric Roth about his latest film Here, co-written...

Write On: Seth Sherwood Horror Masterclass

October 24, 2024

“Comedy and scares are so similar. I’ve found that in a lot of my scripts, it’s almost like you’re taking the peaks and valleys of humor, and the peaks and valleys of scares, and flipping them on each other. So, you have the scare that you come down ...

Write On: 'Hysteria!' Creator and Showrunner Matthew Scott Kane

October 18, 2024

“We wanted the whole series, but specifically the pilot episode, to lure you in with the kind of comfort and coziness of the 80s nostalgia and the trappings of John Hughes movies, and all of that, while also giving it the 80s heavy metal flavor, and ...

Write On: 'Pachinko' Showrunner Soo Hugh

September 17, 2024

“Sometimes I think [the show Pachinko] is almost too personal. I feel like every show, you look at it and say, ‘How much of myself is in this show?’ I did a show [The Whispers] about children who were communicating with an invisible alien force and s...

Write On: 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Writers Al Gough and Miles Millar

September 11, 2024

“I think what Tim [Burton] does is he’s always trying to simplify. That’s the essence of a classic filmmaker. People think he’s wild and crazy and does all these things. His movies are brilliantly composed frames and he’s always looking for simplicit...

Write On: 'Sunny' Co-Creator & Showrunner Katie Robbins

August 30, 2024

“I think that Sunny [the robot], as a character, is kind of emblematic of this conundrum we have with A.I. In one scene she is cute and warm and is serving Suzie's [Rashida Jones] emotional needs and is brimming with potential. And that's really enti...